Restoring our sense of wonder (to restore the culture) is an abstract goal. How do you restore wonder in your daily life? Certainly music takes us there. Communing with a good author while discovering great writing is another. As a Catholic, we are infused with wonder at our daily Mass, nourished by observing the Saints’ feast day on the liturgical calendar. The medievals got it right about feasting with the saints!
The distinction of skepticism vs wonder is powerful. We often hear that skepticism is the basis of science and discovery but that seems a corruption of the true basis, namely wonder, which is based on humility not cynicism.
Restoring our sense of wonder (to restore the culture) is an abstract goal. How do you restore wonder in your daily life? Certainly music takes us there. Communing with a good author while discovering great writing is another. As a Catholic, we are infused with wonder at our daily Mass, nourished by observing the Saints’ feast day on the liturgical calendar. The medievals got it right about feasting with the saints!
The distinction of skepticism vs wonder is powerful. We often hear that skepticism is the basis of science and discovery but that seems a corruption of the true basis, namely wonder, which is based on humility not cynicism.
Yes, precisely. Well said. Science--just like philosophy and art--benefits from a starting point of wonder, I believe.